Associations to the word «Overestimate»

Wiktionary

OVERESTIMATE, verb. To judge too highly

Dictionary definition

OVERESTIMATE, noun. An appraisal that is too high.
OVERESTIMATE, noun. A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.
OVERESTIMATE, verb. Make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers".
OVERESTIMATE, verb. Assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats